childish
adjective
of, like, or befitting a child.
unchildish
-
a word derived from
childish.
Example Sentences
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He faced Margaret, his eyes shrewd with unchildish wisdom.
From A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
She sighed again and looked away to the east with a strange, unchildish, set stare in her eyes.
From Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Hamlin Garland
I’ve told you times enough,” she communed with herself, in her quaint, unchildish fashion.
From The Very Small Person by Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott
The stern and already rigid profile of her face looked as though chiselled of marble too, and the smile on her pale lips was full of an immense unchildish misery and sorrowful appeal.
From Crime and Punishment by Constance Garnett
Out there he looks eager and cheerful, No matter how poorly he fares; No sign that his young heart is heavy With the weight of unchildish cares.
From Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various
